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≈ $128k – $233k per year (Estimated)
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Hybrid (Huntsville, United States)
Seniority
Senior
Employment
Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 17, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 22, 2026. Nightwing scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Nightwing is a US national security contractor headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, that provides cyber operations, technical collection, mission technology, secure communications and cyber defense services to US intelligence and defense agencies. Formed from the former cybersecurity, intelligence and services business of RTX, it carries out reverse engineering, vulnerability research, cyber tool development, managed detection and response and secure network operations. Its openings are mainly for vulnerability researchers and reverse engineers, CNO developers, cyber test engineers, space engineers and software testers, many onsite in Sterling, Annapolis Junction and Arlington.

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Senior Software Developer (Windows) - Hybrid

Work at the forefront of cybersecurity research and development, delivering capabilities to protect national security. Our projects cover the spectrum of security technologies, hardware architectures, and operating systems; if it runs code, we’re interested in its security. We see the impact we have on our nation’s security each day. We ensure our engineers have the tools they need to excel and we recognize superb results.

We’re seeking a candidate to develop software for our commercial product team-securing systems at the lowest levels. Potential candidates should be talented, motivated, and forward-thinking individuals who enjoy systems-level security engineering.

** Must meet the requirements to obtain and maintain a Secret government security clearance. **

Security Clearance:

Qualified applicants may be subject to a security investigation and must meet minimum qualifications for access to classified information. U.S. Citizenship is required. Qualified applicants must meet the requirements to obtain and maintain a Secret government security clearance.

Required Skills Include:

  • Experience with C/C++ development
  • Knowledge of OS internals (Filesystem, IRP and I/O Request Handling)
  • Debugging tools proficiency (WinDbg or Visual Studio Debugger)
  • Windows driver development experience (WDM or WDK)
  • Version control systems such as Git
  • Experience with Batch scripting and Python 3
  • Software development and testing tools such as Jira, Jenkins, Pytest
  • Good communication skills

The product team works with a large array of technologies, tools, and concepts, so other valuable skills and experience include:

  • TPM and Secure Boot technologies
  • DOD System Security Engineering and standards (RMF, Cyber Resiliency, Anti-Tamper, etc. )
  • Reading and interacting with assembly (x86_64, ARM, etc.)
  • Virtualization concepts and technologies (Hyper-V, Vmware, VirtualBox, etc.)
  • Cryptography and the implementation of cryptographic algorithms
  • Concurrency and parallelism concepts

Our ideal candidate is someone with great technical and problem-solving skills, a motivated personality, and a high degree of creativity!

Our Interviews:

Our interviews are technical. Be prepared to tell us about your technical background and interests as well as to work through some of our questions on a computer or whiteboard. We hope candidates find our questions to be thought provoking, but we don’t ask brain teasers or tricks. This is a chance to have a dialog with our team, and we hope you will enjoy it!

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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